It was all so urbane. Twenty-one years ago, in the Tea Room of Dublin’s Clarence Hotel, a clerkish looking John Banville was deliberating the merits of Camembert over Gouda on the cheeseboard with Irvine Welsh’s literary agent from London.
A holding company for a number of hotels in the Press Up Entertainment group that is controlled by Paddy McKillen Jr and Matt Ryan made a €15m loss in 2021 as it was hit by Covid restrictions, newly-filed accounts for the business show.
Carton House resort in Co. Kildare has hired a long-term servant of the Intercontinental Hotel Dublin (formerly the Four Seasons) as its new Deputy General Mana.